Reloading device



' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 J. G. DE A..YRARRAZAVAL RELOADING DEVICE Filed April11, 1930 Sept. 12, 1933'.

Sept. 12, 1933. J. G. DE A. YRARRAZAVAL 1,926,613

RELOADING DEV I CE Filed April 11. 1950 A 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig. 7

j de d, yrarvacva/ /NVENT-E Patented Sept, 12,1933

RELOADiNe A J can Gonzalez de :Alipiianm April iii, 19.301,. serial Nor'44 and in France'ApriljxZz;1929` Andia Yrarrzaval, Paris; A f'- f'Franceijl A My invention vhas f oritslobjeet ade v icelallow\. ing aneasy and speedy reloading of goods such as cases and theulike fromonevehicle platform ontoanother or onto Va stationary platformor again froma stationary platform onto avehicle platform with a minimum expenditurein handig` requiring only, a .very slight ymodifieation inthe A vehicleplatforms `if 4it is to be secured permalnently on this vehicle orevennone if it is re movably-secured thereto. Its size and weight are smallwhereby it may be transported'with'thegoods themselves for .use inrthose parts where it is not in common use. Vl .a si j, ly it requiresOhly VCU little handicraft owing to the fact :that it allows,

, in combination with suitable hauling means all loadings and reloadingsto loeeffected b y asin-` gleman. l, Y L My invention has A for itsprimary object a Y .method for the transfer of goods, between twodevice, such as 'a jack s ystein adapted-to raise the slideways tothedesired level whilst ret`aining`- vehicles` say a lorry anda railroadYirilfclcar bef ytween a vehicle and a stationaryplatform,which consistsin causing the goods of,. any kind what-` ever gto pass from onesupportv(vehicleeorI goods platform) on, Vto another throughftheir directSliding if e? Without 'the inieiresitieri of. .rollers sleds or thelikeoveith rizontal 'slidewaysl prof vided on the supports'.

o1; notA are, secl'ned perpendioularlyftofthe Vvaxis ,of the vehicle'and are provided, in order to al.-

low theY levelling required `for transferring the "goodsfrom Voneslideway to theoth'erfor the .passingoverthe racks on the trucks, withafraisfing Y'their horizontal position."V A"For an easy securingof thegood niview ofa somewhat lengthy travel and forp'reventingthe shocksfrom` damaging the 'slidewa y,` the 1 latter is preferably adapted tocollapse after loading whereby the goods are allowed to move down-`wards on to supports to which they maybe easily slideway may be borne bya series of pivoting uprights which may be lowered to a varying ex-Ytent, through the agency of suitable control means so as to allow thegoods to rest on woodensupports, removable or not. rlhe supports may bedisposed as desired either on the insdeor on the outside of the twoelementary transversal slideway.

modification.

A Fig. 8 isa View from above of saine. v A Y "Fig, Sis aniodifcationoflfig. 'Tv/'herein the Vrollersof `the slidewaycollapseinside vejprov'ided ,at each end with a lifting jack 6 -slidewayssupporting a row'of-goods `and their uppersurfaee mustV beslightly lowerthan that of A the rollers `i-ntheir npperposition.. i

Ina pref V rred form ofexecutionthe rollers f Qareborne byuprightspivotally. secured vto the crossbars" of the vehicle itself, therollers col' lapsinginside recesses provided inthe platform v in lieuofr the above mentionedsupwhich acts ports.

, The transversal slideways.mentioned hereiini above may lbe completedv'by longitudinal slide-V ways allowing 'endwise loading and reloading.Similarly the elementary slideways, when removable maybe disposed atsuitable points of .ther n fvehicle platform 'or loading` st age, 'thedistance' lbetweenj. two cooperating elementary slideways being chosen-accor;ling to the requirements Vof voperation ,and to the shape andsizeof the goods.

, 'Ihaveljdescribed h ereinbelow by way ofv exam" v v `:ple several.Vforms of execution of. my linvention .with reference tov accompanyingdrawings.

,ins Same! ff rlig. ,2fi s a corre u side View of. a modification of thesigas view ofsame. y F i`g6,isfa diagrammatic showing of afurtherFiggffl isa.generaldiagrammatic View from Lfabove :of the s'lidewaysandof 'the vehicle carry-- vand 5 arerespectively a plan and an end l way:adaptedl ytoeeollapsefor, allowing the v goodsf to reston-theirsupports.g y

'Referring to Fig. `1 kthetveloiclel Vshown Aa `Y trailer -is supposedto be unloading on to a 'railroadtru'ck 2..V

Inview of thisthevehicle lll-and: the truclr plat-v form 2 carry a'suitable-number of rails orsup fportsS '.accordingitothe amount of goodsto be The latter may be constituted bya metalframe secured. For instancethe rollers forming the The reason for this arrangement resides in thatlil() theplatforms from one oflwhich the goods are i to be transferredto the other arejrarely level one with the other. The jacks may beactuated infA dependently through separate cranks asshownor I jrails orlike "supports are removable; it"maylbe of Vinterest to -connect thecooperating rails offa pair together so as to keep their spacingconstant.

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hicle if such a motor is at hand.

also be controlled by a motor carried by the f The railsjor likesupports are iixedly secured to the platforms or else are removable lsoas 'to allow them `after reloading tobeshipped together it is advisableto use aA device suchas a winch 12 Y i Vsecured to the goods-carryingvehicle.- Around v this winch two cables 13 'and 13 areadapted towiththe -goodsj;'themselves 'with aviewito. use

them in those ralwaystations which are not provided withthe necessaryslideways." In case the This may be provided as shown in lFig. vlby-mereby any` other suitable systernff Obviously the spacing between supportsof two'` or more-cooperating"slideways is adjusted according to,thecircurnstan'ces{ofv case. ,y ,l v Itfisalso ofradvantage'to/provide*the-ends of these railsorlike.l supports with'parts such-'as pins, wedges or vthe likeY adapted to 'prevent the, goodsfromescaping over the `ends of the said V rails, for 'instanceinturningsf. In'Fig. 5.1 have shown by way of example an eccentricf9`which in the position shown passes'underneath the level.

of the upper end of the slideway'rollers and projects above said levelwhensuitably rotated`. In Fig. 6 the frame ffdoes'not carrvdir'ectly theslideway rollers which hang from'an auxiliary frame 11 on `which thejacksf vact directly.

In, order to allow an easy transfer ofthe goods,

be wound,g`said cables passing overfpulleys 14,14 4also carried by thevehiclerl andover the pulleys 15,1 5 carried by the platform' 2 beforelreturning; tothe case16 to be transferred to which itissuitably securedat 17,172 For instance the-case may carry rings engagingihooks carriedbythe lends` of the cables. Or else the cables may pass round the case.Thus by makingthe winch rotate, which may be effected by hand or'through'a' mo- Y tor, for instance the vehicle motorif such a` motor vis athand, one man vmay transfer alonethefcase l ll'from one vplatform totheother.

In those exceptional cases where'it-"is not possibleto bring thegoods-carryingvehiclejalongside rof the other vehicle or platform, it iseasy tov` dis"- pose one or more'supplemental rails pm erpend'icu-Ylarly or obliquely with reference"togthejvehicles to bridge the'spaceseparating vthe vehicles. o

Preferably` 4these supplemental :rails 'or slide- Ways bridging saidspace are'not disposed in alinement with the slide'ways on" the vehiclesor `load- A ving stages, butpreferably'onthe innersidethere- I haveshowninFigs. 'Tand 8 a'rnodiiicationv of the invention.

The rollers 21 are-I nrofnted" loose onakescar'- ried by thefreer endof"uprig`hts 2 2`ft`he lfoot of which is pivotallyfsecured 'to theYsupport 23 of "Lozrf',

controlled in their turn by the common crank 29 vrthrough the agency ofthe ypinion 30, ofthe two pinionsBl and 3l and of .twotoothed bronzenuts bars such as' 8, which` mayY of course be replaced intheilraised'position.

Obviously zthe actuation-of .the crank 29de# forms the, link arrangementdescribed whereby the rods 26 and 26 Acome into their lower positionsuch as theone shown in dottedjlines yfor which the uprights areinclined Vwith"referencefto the .1 0 0 verticaland'the rollers carriedythereby aref `en tirelybelowthe level ofthe upper surfaces'of thesupport may be onstituted wedges. yThe transferred goods'resting ontherollers followV the latter in theirdownward motion 'until'theyarearrested by the Wedges rto which they aref secured4for..transportation.y Thus the rollersy arefnot `submitted toV any.stress `nor to any deformation during lthe travel. `On arriving theoperationis reversed and the rollers raise agai'nthe" goods when'thvevcrank is actedupon linjthe direction'fopposed to thatused ffor'thelowering of thegoods, after whichthe latter are `causedto-slide over.therollers in their upper p`0 sition so as "tole'ad thernjon to anotherslideway carried-'by a loading stageor byanother car or vehicle;V Y

On-YFig.I 9 thesarne elements have been given the same referenceVnumbers.; Thew special wedges 313v areV omitted and the rollers :arecarried Lby uprights'pivotally secured .to thecross-bars offthefrei'ghtcaror Iail'rOadvehicIe which con'- `A slidewayfo'rj transferring goodscomprising a framelinks arranged inopposed kpairs and hav- 25 swinging'movement with respect Vtothe frame,

-rollersjpo'siticned between Vopposed pairs of links :and having theirtrunnionsjournaled'f in', the`V up- 'perQends of 'the' links, connectingrods arranged betweentheupper ends of the links andhaving theirendsloosely engaged about the corresponding trunnions of.' adjacent rollers,'andmeans op- A erably* *er'i'gztge'd with .thetrunnions of oneofthe -end vrollerszfor raising. and lowering all of Athe rollers andlinks withrespect to the upper surface p f'therraine 1, u

JEAN im' ANDIA YRARRZAVAL.

